Landing Page Populated by most recent category posts?

[rfichtinger]

Hello,

Is it possible to generate a landing page with the latest posts of specific categories?

We currently have announcements and weekly sermons on our homepage. I would like to be able to add them automatically to a landing page so we can use it as an streamlined version of the full website and not have to do it twice.

Thanks,
Bob

http://www.bethelmemorial.org

[Brad Dalton]

1. You could use a custom blog page archive like this and add the post i.d's

or

2. You could create a template with a widget area and use the Genesis Featured Post widget to control which posts are displayed.

or

3. You could code a landing page with a custom loop to show the latest posts from each category.

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[rfichtinger]

Thank you!

I was trying eliminate the menu and side bar sections of the website - so option #3 would be best for me. Not much of a coder...would that be hard to do a custom loop? Or any other thoughts on how I could omit those areas on a page?

Thanks for your time,
Bob

[Brad Dalton]

Use the page_landing.php template with full width layout.

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[rfichtinger]

Do you have an example of the loop code I'd need to place in that template?

Thanks,
Bob

[Brad Dalton]

You would need custom code which is specific to what you want.

I suggest you use option 1 or 2 which are easier to work with. You can still use the page-landing.php file to customize the template.

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[rfichtinger]

Thanks for all your help!

Have an awesome day,
Bob

[rfichtinger]

Brad,

Now that I think through this more...I think option #2 would be best - if I can do it? I would need to place all posts of one category and only the latest of another. So would I create a template with multiple widget areas?

Any recommendation on steps/guide on how to set-up a template?

Thanks,
Bob

[Brad Dalton]

Depends on how you want each post to display like single column or grid.

Use the page_landing.php file.

Change the template header from Landing to something unique.
Change the file file to anything.php

Add or remove code. These snippets will get you started https://my.studiopress.com/documentation/snippets/

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